Glass House Mountains is a rural hinterland town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Glass House Mountains had a population of 5,065 people.

Geography

The town Glass House Mountains is located, approximately north of

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. The town also has a

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and a

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that runs northwards towards Northern Queensland and southwards to Brisbane. The

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runs along the locality's eastern border.

Glass House Mountains Road Glass House Mountains Road (Steve Irwin Way) is a continuous road route in the Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast local government areas of Queensland, Australia. Part of it is designated as part of State Route 6. It is a state-controlled road ( ...

(Steve Irwin Way) passes through from south to north.

History

The original European farmers that settled in the area brought soccer with them, and it has remained a popular local sport. The soccer grounds were built mostly using resources donated by farmers. Glass Mountains Provisional School opened on 17 April 1906, but closed in 1907 due to low student numbers. It reopened as Glass Mountains State School on 31 October 1910. It was renamed Glass House Mountains State School in 1917, but returned to the name Glass Mountains State School in 1923. In 1935 it was renamed Glass House Mountains State School. All Saints' Anglican church was dedicated on 19 February 1939 by Archbishop

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. It closed circa 1993. The church building was sold for removal. Glasshouse Country Uniting Church opened its church at Beerwah on 16 December 2000. It was a result of the merger of the Glasshouse Uniting Church, Beerwah Uniting Church, Landsborough Uniting Church and Mooloolah Uniting Church. In August 2011, the remains of teenager

Daniel Morcombe Daniel James Morcombe (19 December 1989 – 7 December 2003) was an Australian boy who was abducted from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland on 7 December 2003 when he was 13 years old. Eight years later, Brett Peter Cowan (born 18 September 1969), ...

were found at Kings Road in Glass House Mountains. Morcombe had been missing, presumed murdered, since 2003 and his disappearance sparked a massive police investigation including a $1M reward. In the , the locality of Glass House Mountains had a population of 5,065 people. CC-BY icon

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Heritage listings

Glass House Mountains has a number of

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sites, including: * 1998 Old Gympie Road:

Bankfoot House Bankfoot House is a heritage-listed homestead at 1998 Old Gympie Road, Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1878. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 11 December 2008. History ...

* Barrs Road:

Glass House Mountains National Park Glass House Mountains National Park is a heritage-listed national park at Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1. It is north of Brisbane and consists of a flat plai ...

and Beerburrum Forest Reserve

Education

Glass House Mountains State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 58 Coonowrin Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 398 students with 26 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 20 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 391 students with 28 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Glass House Mountains. The nearest government secondary school is Beerwah State High School in neighbouring Beerwah to the north.

Amenities

Glass House Mountains Community Hall is at 8 Coonowrin Road (). The

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operates a

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service which visits the Community Hall. Cornerstone Church meets at the Community Hall. It is part of the

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In popular culture

The area was also used as a filming location for the movie ''

Sinbad and The Minotaur ''Sinbad and the Minotaur'' is a 2011 Australian fantasy B movie directed by Karl Zwicky serving as an unofficial sequel to the 1947 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. film and Harryhausen's Sinbad trilogy. It combines ''Arabian Nights'' hero Sinbad the Sail ...

'', with Mount Coonowrin (Crookneck),

Mount Beerwah Mount Beerwah is the highest of the ten volcanic plugs in the Glass House Mountains range, 22 km north of Caboolture in South East Queensland, Australia. It was formed 26 million years ago during the Oligocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period. ...

, Mount Tibrogargan and Mount Ngungun being shown predominantly throughout the movie.

References

External links

* * {{authority control Towns in Queensland Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Localities in Queensland